Google Drops Another Search Operator: Tilde For Synonyms
Google has quietly dropped another search operator, the tilde (i.e. ~) search operator. Google Operating System blog noticed the lack of support for the tilde operator over the weekend. Reportedly, Dan Russell, a Search Research Scientist at Google, co…
How To Evaluate A Potential Website Acquisition
There are a number of things to take into consideration when buying a website. For purposes of this article, I don’t mean the usual business considerations such as price, terms, etc. Let’s dig into how you need to look at this from an SEO perspective. You can also use this thinking to…
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How to Build Your Search Marketing Agency for the Future
As more companies enter the digital age and look to generate demand for their products and services, the need for digital marketing services is growing exponentially. Here are seven things every agency should consider to ensure future success.
Google AdWords Inventory-Aware Campaigns Scares Some Advertisers
Google announced that the DoubleClick Search inventory management feature announced in August of last year is now integrated with Google AdWords – if you want.
Basically it integrates with your AdWords campaigns and your Merchant Center feed and build…
Google AdSense Requiring Publishers To Resubmit Tax Information
Last week, I logged into my AdSense account to see the Pong game and noticed my payments were on hold because I needed to resubmit my IRS tax information…
Is Bing Places for Business Better Than Google+ Local?
If you haven’t yet, check out Bing Places for Business to quickly claim, edit, and control your local listing while also making it pop and making it social. Is Bing Places for Business a better tool than Google+ Local?
Google Avoids Street View Fine in UK, Must Delete All Data
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served Google notice that it must delete any WiFi data it collected through its Street View operations within 35 days, but did not find enough evidence against Google to levy a fine.
Responsive Now! The Rise of Front-End Frameworks & Potential Pitfalls to Consider
A front-end framework is a great approach to rapidly deploying a responsive design website. If you decide to use a framework, ensure you have a plan in place. Here are five pitfalls to consider before pushing the framework approach.
Duck Duck Go’s Post-PRISM Growth Actually Proves No One Cares About “Private” Search
Look out, Google! Duck Duck Go is on the rise, posting a 50% traffic increase in just eight days. Is this proof people want a “private” search engine, in the wake of allegations the PRISM program allows the US government to read search data with unfettered access? Nope. Google has…
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 21, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Experiments With Social Search By Adding New Bing Boards To Search Results Bing announced today that they are …
Animated Google Doodles Welcome First Day of Summer and Winter 2013
Whether you’re in the northern part of the earth’s hemisphere getting ready for swimsuit season or the southern part, where you’re cozying up with layers, today’s Google Doodle by guest artist Christoph Niemann has something for everyone.
Bing Experiments With Social Search By Adding New Bing Boards To Search Results
Bing announced today that they are adding a new social element to their search results with the introduction of Bing Boards. Currently being created by, “…a small group of food and lifestyle bloggers, experts and social influencers,” the Bing Boards are a collection of images,…
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 21, 2013
This week in search, we reported a possible small Google update. Google’s Matt Cutts was targeted in a black hat spam payday loan mockery. However…
Search In Pics: Google Internet Balloon At GooglePlex, Noogler Pinwheels & Penguin Candies
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google Internet Balloon At GooglePlex: Source: Google+ Google Pinwheels For…
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Dashboard Series: Creating Combination Charts In Excel
I’m starting a series on dashboards because I think creating sexy dashboards is a critical skill every marketer needs to know. It’s going to be a long series — but by the time we’re finished, you’ll be able to create dashboards that excel in both form and function. Why Use Combination Charts?…
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PLAs: Cannibals? Allies? Or Both?
The spectacular growth of Product Listing Ads (PLAs) over the past 2-1/2 years has been a boon for Google and advertisers as well as for consumers. This growth was spurred by the visual appeal of the ads themselves, by Google’s increasing sophistication in serving the right PLAs for the right…
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Pure Spam: What Are Google Penalties & What to Do to Recover
Manual spam penalties of any type are difficult to recover from – especially if they are severe. These suggestions will give you places you can start to look, and things to do, to help lift 10 possible manual actions applied by Google.
Google Fixes Links Report In Webmaster Tools
About nine days ago Webmasters started noticing an issue with the link report within Google Webmaster Tools. Then the issue grew and more and more webmasters noticed a bug in Webmaster Tools where the link count dropped significantly from what Google …
Google Gets Summer Solstice 2013 Right But First Day of Winter Wrong
Today may be the first day of summer and/or winter depending on where you are. But one thing for sure, if you are in Australia…
Google Links Reconsideration Request FAQs
Two of my favorite Google Search Quality folks, Kaspar Szymanski and Uli Lutz…